Comet Panstarrs C/2011 L4
Emerging comet in Western sky at sunset
For March 12, 2013

 
 On
            this evening the comet had gained some elevation in the bright
            western twilight, and was parked next to a 24 hour old moon.
            Many imagers had a field day with this composition! You only
            really had about 15 minutes of shooting for best results. I was
            set up on a hill across from the Payson Airport with a good view
            of the western sky. Several other sky gazers also found this
            hill and we watched the comet together. Lots of fun!

            
Here is with the 100-400 Canon L lens
set for 200mm at f/5.6 for 2 sec
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And now with the Stellarvue 80mm
f/4.6 APO of just the comet for
5 seconds
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And the very young moon by itself
with the Stellarvue
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Lens:  80mm f/4.6 Zeiss APO
OR 200mm f/5.6 Canon L lens
Platform:  Televue GEM
Exposure:  3 seconds
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 8/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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